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And while she said it was something that was "a long time coming", she admitted to feeling a bit out of her depth.

She joked: "I'm just really throwing myself in the deep end all over the gaff, I don't know what I'm doing!"

Opening up about her new role, she continued: "This is something I've always wanted to do.

"I've been very lucky the timing has worked with this one, because it hasn't in the past.

"But you've got to seize the day - it could be terrible, but it's something I've wanted to do."

Laura Whitmore and Giovanni Pernice enjoy 1st day of dancing rehearsals for Strictly come dancing, they seemed to get on very well from the start as Laura bought Giovanni, who has recently split from his former strictly partner Georgia May Foote, a birthday ballon for his birthday present (Image: Xposure)